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Memoirs of the Court of King Charles the First - Page 233
by Lucy Aikin - 1833
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 548 pages
...of the person, though at the same time most popular. When there was any overture, or hope of peace, he would be more erect, and vigorous, and exceedingly solicitous to press any thing which he thought might promote it ; and sitting among his friends, often after a deep silence,...
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Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the ..., Volume 3

George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...of the person, though at the same time most popular. When there was any overture, or hope of peace, he would be more erect, and vigorous, and exceedingly solicitous to press any thing which he thought might promote it ; and sitting among his friends, often after a deep silence,...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Biography - 1813 - 536 pages
...or hope of peace, he would be more erect and vigorous, and exceedmgly solicitous to press any thing which he thought might promote it: and sitting among...after a deep silence and frequent sighs, would, with * shrill and sad accent, repeat the word Peace, Peace ; and would passionately profess, that the very...
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The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and ..., Volume 8

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 546 pages
...and disposition) who believed him proud and imperious. When there was any overture or hope of peace, he would be more erect and vigorous, and exceedingly solicitous to press any thmg which he thought might promote it : and sitting among hs friends^.' often, after a deep silence...
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The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 8

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 544 pages
...and disposition) who believed him proud and imperious. When there was any overture or hope of peace, he would be more erect and vigorous, and exceedingly solicitous to press any thing which he thought might promote it : and sitting among his friends, often, after a deep silence...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 3

Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 524 pages
...of the person, though at the same time most popular. ' When there was any overture or hope of peace, he would be more erect and vigorous, and exceedingly solicitous to press any thing, which he thought might promote it ; and sitting among his friends, often after a deep silence,...
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The Plain Englishman [ed. by C. Knight and E.H. Locker]., Volume 1

Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...imperious ; from which no mortal man was ever more free. When there was any overture, or hope of peace, he would be more erect and vigorous, and exceedingly solicitous to press any thing which he thought might promote it; and sitting among his friends, often, after a deep silence...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...approbation of the person, though at that time most popular. When there was any overture or hope of peace, he would be more erect and vigorous, and exceedingly solicitous to press any thing which he thought might promote it ; and sitting among his friends, often, after a deep silence...
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England: To which ..., Volume 4

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1826 - 662 pages
...approbation of the person, though at that time most popular. When there was any overture or hope of peace, he would be more erect and vigorous, and exceedingly solicitous to press any thing which he thought might promote it; and sitting among his friends, often, after a deep silence...
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Memoirs of Eminently Pious Women of Britain and America, Volume 1

David Francis Bacon - Christian biography - 1833 - 630 pages
...promise, he went a volunteer with the earl of Essex." "When there was any overture or hope of peace, he would be more erect and vigorous, and exceedingly solicitous to press any thing which he thought might promote it; and sitting among his friends, often, after a deep silence...
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